My early childhood in the 1950s was a wireless one.
The radio gave us news and entertainment.
My favourite drama was "Journey into Space",
in which Jet Morgan and his crew faced constant dangers
on the Moon or Mars. They were really RAF characters
up-graded from World War 2 to astronaut status.

Listening to the programmes now, I think they are quaint.
As a boy, I found them thrilling, scary and inspiring:


Audio clip: http://media.venda.com/bbcshop/ebiz/bbc/images/audio/0563524898.mp3

More information: http://www.jeton.themoon.co.uk/index_text.html

As someone said, "The best pictures are on the radio."